Is there a way to migrate from Aha Roadmaps to Jira?

[Jean Dupree]

I’m evaluating options for migrating both active and historical data from Aha! Roadmaps into Jira Cloud, with the goal of preserving key artifacts such as comments, votes, attachments, relationships, and other metadata. Is there an off the shelf tool that supports this type of migration at scale?

One option I’m exploring is the native Aha/Jira integration, and it seems potentially useful for ongoing or new work, but not necessarily designed for bulk migration of historical data. Has anyone successfully used the integration in combination with supplemental imports (CSV or API-based) to bring over historical context after creating the core Jira issues?

Finally, are there any official or community resources that document field-level or object-level mappings between Aha and Jira (ideas, features, epics, custom fields, etc.)?

I’ve searched the community and documentation but haven’t found anything that directly addresses historical migration in depth, so I’d appreciate any guidance or lessons learned. Thanks in advance!

[Dr_ Ankita Mehta-OpsHub_ Inc]

Hi @Jean Dupree

Hitting these limits with Aha! to Jira migrations is common scenario. A few things worth thinking through as you evaluate options:

• Scope and depth of data: Decide upfront whether you’re moving just active work or also historical items, including comments, attachments, votes, links, and relationships. That choice changes the tooling requirements significantly.
• Mapping complexity: Aha ideas, features, and custom fields don’t always map cleanly to Jira epics, issues, or custom fields. Field-level and object-level mapping needs careful planning.
• Traceability and context: Preserving relationships, inline text context, and discussion history is key if teams need continuity after the move.
• One-time migration vs ongoing sync: Native integrations are usually fine for new or ongoing work, but bulk historical migration and validation is a different problem.

In your case, you may want to explore OpsHub Migration Manager (OMM). an Atlassian Silver Solutions Partner. It’s a no-code, plugin-free platform that supports large-scale migrations and bi-directional sync without downtime or disruption, while preserving rich data like comments, attachments, and relationships. It works out of the box without custom scripts and is often used when native integrations fall short for historical moves.  

All the best!

[Jean Dupree]

Has anyone had experience with tools like OpsHub or sync platforms such as Boomi, Exalate, Workato, or even Skyvia?

I’m having a hard time finding anything beyond CSV export/import, and that approach feels pretty limited and risky from a data-loss standpoint.

[Dan Breyen]

Hi @Jean Dupree I found this community article about some other users who Migrated to Jira from Aha Roadmaps.  Looks like most people exported the data to CSV files and then loaded it in.  

Hope that helps.

[Jean Dupree]

Thank you - I saw that page.  It was the only reference I could find at all.  Given that this was an import to JPD I wasn't clear which Aha product was migrated; ideas or roadmaps, though I have a feeling it was ideas since they migrated to JPD and not Jira.  (yes they're built on the same tool, but JPD is also very different in many ways)

It also states they exported to CSV using reports and then used our Boomi Integration platform to cleanup the data before we imported into JPD using the Jira API.

I'm not even sure how this would work, what was retained, or what was lost.

I appreciate the link, but this unfortunately  does not answer my question.